India Should Focus on Incremental Changes in KP

Mumbai (By Suresh Chotai): More than two decades after the Kimberley Process (KP) was born, the diamond industry still faces an uncomfortable truth: the global system designed to keep “Conflict diamonds” out of the market is stuck in the past. The Kimberley Process defines conflict diamonds narrowly—stones used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments. That definition made sense in the early 2000s, when conflicts in Sierra Leone and Angola shocked the world. But today, violence linked to

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India Should Focus on Incremental Changes in KP

Mumbai (By Suresh Chotai): More than two decades after the Kimberley Process (KP) was born, the diamond industry still faces an uncomfortable truth: the global system designed to keep “Conflict diamonds” out of the market is stuck in the past. The Kimberley Process defines conflict diamonds narrowly—stones used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments. That definition made sense in the early 2000s, when conflicts in Sierra Leone and Angola shocked the world. But today, violence linked to

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Saurabh Gadgil Appointed Vice President of IBJA

Mumbai: Saurabh Gadgil, Chairman & Managing Director of P. N. Gadgil Jewellers has been appointed as the Vice President (VP) of India Bullion & Jewellers Association Ltd. (IBJA) for the West Zone. Mr. Gadgil will take over from Prithviraj Kothari, the former Vice President of IBJA and get hold of all the responsibilities and duties as the newly elected member

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P.N. Gadgil Jewellers Bags Three National Awards

Mumbai: P. N. Gadgil Jewellers Pvt. Ltd won three awards at the ‘National Award for Marketing Excellence 2015’, recently held in Mumbai. The award ceremony was hosted by the World Marketing Congress and supported by CMO Asia. The award ceremony marked the magnanimous achievements of the brand under the categories ‘Emerging Brand Award’, for achieving astonishing heights, ‘Brand Revitalization Award’,

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Frozen Lava Yields New Diamond Type

Moscow: The Russian Ministry of Science has claimed that scientists there have discovered a new type of diamond. According to a report in the Siberian Times, the diamonds were discovered in the frozen lava of the Tolbachik volcano, which is located on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Far East region of Russian. “The solidified lava of the Tolbachik eruption (2012–2013)

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Saurabh Gadgil Appointed Vice President of IBJA

Mumbai: Saurabh Gadgil, Chairman & Managing Director of P. N. Gadgil Jewellers has been appointed as the Vice President (VP) of India Bullion & Jewellers Association Ltd. (IBJA) for the West Zone. Mr. Gadgil will take over from Prithviraj Kothari, the former Vice President of IBJA and get hold of all the responsibilities and duties as the newly elected member

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P.N. Gadgil Jewellers Bags Three National Awards

Mumbai: P. N. Gadgil Jewellers Pvt. Ltd won three awards at the ‘National Award for Marketing Excellence 2015’, recently held in Mumbai. The award ceremony was hosted by the World Marketing Congress and supported by CMO Asia. The award ceremony marked the magnanimous achievements of the brand under the categories ‘Emerging Brand Award’, for achieving astonishing heights, ‘Brand Revitalization Award’,

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Frozen Lava Yields New Diamond Type

Moscow: The Russian Ministry of Science has claimed that scientists there have discovered a new type of diamond. According to a report in the Siberian Times, the diamonds were discovered in the frozen lava of the Tolbachik volcano, which is located on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Far East region of Russian. “The solidified lava of the Tolbachik eruption (2012–2013)

Read More »

Petra on Track to Become SA’s King of Diamonds

Johannesburg: Petra Diamonds is on track to reach 5-million carats by 2019 as it deepens two key mines in SA, positioning it to overtake De Beers, the largest source of South African diamonds for many decades. De Beers will produce more than 4-million carats this year, but it is in the process of selling its Kimberley tailings treatment operation, its

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